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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2006
Applicants:
Hajime Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yosuke Kawamata, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hajime Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yosuke Kawamata, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Elpida Memory, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fuse detection method for reading out a program state of each fuse and generating a killer signal indicating the program state of the fuse; counting the program state indicated by the killer signal to obtain a count value; inputting an expected value for the program state of the fuse; and determining whether the count value coincides with the expected value by comparing the count value with the expected value.